"You're not interrupting," Adam said, though he didn't look up from his food. "I'm the intruder in your home."

He tried not to think of Alec saying that he wanted to court Adam and the hope he'd felt from that. It hurt whenever he thought about it. He was here, and he was well-rested, even though the temple guardian hated him. Adam could try to stay out of his way, at least.